How to Use unblock in a Sentence

unblock

verb
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Synonyms for unblocknext
  • Louie must win the first club, unblock his A-K of hearts and lead the A-Q of diamonds.
    — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
  • When East-West follow, South unblocks his ace of spades, overtakes the jack of clubs with the ace and leads the queen of spades.
    — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Kelce snaps and both Coyle and corner Leon Hall fly in on Wentz, unblocked.
    — Les Bowen, Philly.com, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Russia had pledged to unblock ports on the Black Sea to allow the safe passage of grain and oilseeds.
    — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Clay Matthews burst unblocked through the line of scrimmage, and Carson Wentz looked like a soon-to-be outline in the grass.
    — David Murphy, Philly.com, 5 Sep. 2017
  • The tasks that will unblock the most future work are most critical.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 29 June 2021
  • And to get the president, or Scavino, to unblock the plaintiffs and then mute them.
    — Cristian Farias, Daily Intelligencer, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Twitter account, and must unblock the plaintiffs in the lawsuit who were.
    — Tessa Weinberg and Jason Hancock, kansascity, 14 June 2018
  • The deal promised to unblock ports on the Black Sea to allow the safe passage of grain and oilseeds -- some of Ukraine's most important exports.
    — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 25 July 2022
  • At the party, Kim asks him to unblock her on Instagram.
    — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 28 June 2018
  • Turkish officials say a deal has been reached on a UN plan to unblock the exports of Ukrainian grain amid the war.
    — Pj Elliott, USA TODAY, 22 July 2022
  • Turkey has sought to broker a deal to unblock grain exports.
    — Francesca Ebel, Anchorage Daily News, 1 July 2022
  • Fouts, in effect, seeks to unblock the block, hoping the deal can get approval in a future City Council vote.
    — Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 28 Nov. 2020
  • Switching to the Teen profile unblocked all apps and left just five categories blocked.
    — PCMAG, 30 Apr. 2024
  • Maybe my relaxed state is a function of my newly unblocked qi.
    — Emily Cronin, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 Aug. 2013
  • Outside linebacker Leon Jacobs came unblocked off the edge to stuff tailback Justin Jackson for a 1-yard loss on third and 1 from the 15.
    — Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Cy took the ace (South unblocked his queen), surveyed dummy despairingly and led the six of hearts.
    — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2017
  • The tiny needles unblock energy in the body that can allow defenses to fall and tears to flow.
    — Ariana Ionescu, Vogue, 11 June 2017
  • And unblock all Ukraine in order not only to ship the grain, but the sunflower and everything else that has been stuck in Ukraine.
    — CBS News, 24 July 2022
  • Thompson said as pulled out his phone and unblocked her as Kim videoed the whole thing for her Instagram story.
    — Madison Roberts, PEOPLE.com, 28 June 2018
  • So the school has always been about students’ agency and the students being at the center of their learning, and that the adults are there to always help and unblock.
    — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 18 Nov. 2020
  • On the high seas, meanwhile, the first of the ships to leave Ukraine under a deal to unblock grain supplies and stave off a global food crisis has arrived in Turkey.
    — Susie Blann, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Author Michael Harris looks elsewhere to unblock the road to a better future.
    — Big Think, 24 June 2024
  • Last year, Jones came unblocked from his inside linebacker position to throw Stafford for a 7-yard loss in a Week 11 game in Chicago.
    — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Images and videos from the chaos showed passengers coughing, spitting and touching their faces to unblock their mouths and noses.
    — New York Times, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Which is exactly the goal of unblocking your root chakra—to feel more connected to the Earth, balanced and at peace with it, Itzkowitz explained.
    — Rachel Jacoby Zoldan, Glamour, 20 June 2017
  • The agreement was thrown into jeopardy the following day when Russian missiles struck the city of Odessa, one of the ports Russia had agreed to unblock.
    — Grayson Quay, The Week, 23 July 2022
  • Sweden agreed to help unblock Turkey's progress toward joining the EU, something that's been on hold since 2018.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 11 July 2023
  • Yoga and meditation aren't the only ways to unblock or align your chakras.
    — Woman's Day, 13 Jan. 2023
  • If that happens, open the Application Radar window from the main firewall page and unblock the application.
    — PCMAG, 5 June 2024

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